Lets go to the Fair

I always love the way the government reports the amount of money it can expect to receive for certain taxes. The carbon tax...makes no sense...they want to tax the energy, chemical, and manufacturing industries (i.e. the only people that make things in the US). Comparing our country to a body, the way Paul of the New Testament described the Church as a body. If the government is the head, agriculture is the legs, industry is the back, and finance is the arms. Then in the last 20 years of progressive socialism, we have gotten a big head, cut off our legs and tied our hands behind our broken back.
If you have ever had business dealings in countries outside of the US, you will understand how easily laws and/or officials can be persuaded to bend the system to give an unfair advantage to a particular player. The people of the United States have built businesses and competed in an almost fair system (the most fair of any in the world, I would argue.) It is this fairness that has encouraged competition, has challenged status quo, has given rise to some of the wealthiest people on the planet; wealth created not by land or resources but by industry, ingenuity, and competition.
More on taxes later.